More than 1000 gas/liquid separators are successfully operated worldwide with Shell’s separation technology.
Shell proprietary high-capacity gas/liquid separators, such as Shell SMS, SVS, SMSM and SMMSM separators, combine the best features of the separation products from Sulzer and Shell’s portfolio. Shell gas/liquid separators combine Swirldeck, KnitMesh, and Schoepentoeter separation technologies in a single vertical vessel drum.
The selection of separation technologies is a function of the dispersed liquid phase concentration, droplet size, and the required separation efficiency.
Their typical application is for separation of liquid/gas or three-phase liquid/liquid/gas mixtures, when high capacity and high separation efficiency is required.
SMS(M) technology is the lowest weight and volume solution for phase separation offshore and onshore. It provides up to 2.5 times more capacity compared to a conventional KnitMesh mist eliminator without vessel replacement.